Bendigo Spirit makes good dough from Easter effort and other top stories

Bendigo Spirit makes good dough from Easter effort

DONATION: Bendigo Spirit players Kelsey Griffin and Gabe Richards, Fiesta Food and Events owners Ahmed and Ibo Safi, Bendigo Spirit chairman Greg Bickley and City of Greater Bendigo major events manager Terry Karamaloudis. Picture: JODIE ... >> view original

From jail to theatre: Bendigo turns its notorious prison into arts centre

A $26 million investment to turn one of Victoria's most notorious jails into a hub for the arts, will pay off this weekend when the Ulumbarra Theatre opens in Bendigo. Ulumbarra was developed on the site of the former Sandhurst, later Bendigo, jail ... >> view original

Karen monastery gets the go ahead in Bendigo

A Buddhist monk sits in a large shed in the back of his brick veneer home in Long Gully, near Bendigo. For the last four years it's been the community centre and monastery for the Karen people. Venerable Ashin Moonieinda, also director of the Karen ... >> view original

Bendigo schools kick off premier footy campaign

IT'S more than bragging rights at stake when Catholic College Bendigo tackles Bendigo Senior Secondary College in tomorrow's Premier League football match. CCB and the BSSC Lions wil be determined to chalk up victory and be in the running for the ... >> view original

Backlash over tip fee increase

THE manager of a rubbish removal business fears an increase in tip fees will deter his customers. Bendigo Property Maintenance manager Jaime Giri said the business would have to pass on the increase to its clients, the majority of whom were pensioners. >> view original

Police investigate bashing of Bendigo loner

Emergency services were notified after a local man, Antony James Woodward, entered the One Tree Hill Hotel in Spring Gully about 2.45pm on April 10. Staff became concerned when Mr Woodward, who is known to them, appeared disoriented and had an ... >> view original

Music stirs ANZAC reflections

Darwin, born on the Bendigo goldfields in 1895, had been associated with the Hopetoun Brass Band named following a visit to Bendigo in 1901 by the Governor-General, Bendigo Caledonian Pipe Band and local fire brigades. The original ANZAC variously ... >> view original

The Project to film in Bendigo

Channel 10 show The Project will film in Bendigo on Tuesday. The show is featuring a segment on children's pole dancing classes at Bendigo's Z Fit Studios. It is expected to air later this week. Children pole dancing was put into the spotlight at the ... >> view original

The day we all became locals

I chose Bendigo as my new home because its university had the most innovative and respected arts degree in the country. Incredible for a city of 70,000 people. During my first year of uni, we'd head to the Mount Edgecombe Hotel on a Thursday night ... >> view original

On the Go Bendigo | Tuesday April 21, 2015

Good morning central Victoria! Bendigo and Redesdale will be sunny with a top of 18 degrees today, Echuca and Castlemaine both sunny and 17 degrees, Kyneton will be cloudy and will hit 13 degrees and Maryborough will be cloudy and 18 degrees. >> view original